Adjustable door-hinge.



No. 719,747. I PATENTBD FEB. a, 1903.

7 A. GHRISTERSSON.

ADJUSTABLE noon HINGE.

APPLIOATION FILED DBO. 2B, 1901.

NO MODEL.

55m m 3 Ja F/W and the door-case.

. viewed from the left in Fig. 1, and Fig. 5

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBIN OHRISTERSSON, OF ETELHEM, SWEDEN.

ADJUSTABLE DOOR-HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 719,747, dated February3, 1903.

Application filed December 28.1901. Serial No. 87,636. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBIN OHRIsTERssoN, a subject of the King of Swedenand Norway, residing at Etelhem, in the Kingdom of Sweden, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Door-Hinges; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked' thereon,which form a part of this specification.

When a door in consequence of wear of the hinges has settled, so as toleave a crack at the top of the door-frame, while sticking or wearing atthe bottom, a ready remedy may be found in the use of adjustable hinges.Also through defective securing of the hinges and through changes of thedoor-frame or door a raising or lowering of the door may becomenecessary, and a great deal of labor, therefore, may be saved by usingadjustable hinges. The present invention relates to making thedoor-hinges adjustable by as simple a device as possible, so that theywill be no more expensive than ordinary non-adjustable hinges. Thehinges of the present invention, therefore, can be employed to advantageon the doors of all kinds of rooms and apartments and for gates,house-doors, &c.

The invention is shown in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 shows the hinge from one side, partially in section, and aportion of the door Figs. 2 and 3 show each a horizontal section of thelower portion of the hinge, respectively, on the lines a b and c d ofFig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5 show a detail.

The lower part of the hinge is secured in usual manner to thedoor-frame, while the upper part 6 is secured to the door. The spindle 1of the hinge is joined to or made in one piece with the fastening-plate2 and is surrounded by a sleeve 3, which can be slid up and down. Fig. 4shows the sleeve 3 shows a verticalsection of same. At the place wherethe hinge-spindle is joined to or hangs together with the plate 2 thesleeve 3 is provided with an aperture or slot 4, corresponding to theplate 2 and extending along the sleeve 3, so that the motion up and downof the latter is not interfered with. The slot 4 may either extend thewhole length of the sleeve or, as shown in the drawings, not reach quiteup to its upper end, leaving a piece which is not split open. In theformer case thesleeve 3 is easier to make. In the latter case it isstronger, however. The hinge-spindle 1 has at the bottom an extensionscrewed into a not 5, on which the sleeve 3 bears at its lower end. Theupper end of the hinge-spindle enters, as usual, into the tubularportion ofthe upper part of the hinge, which part is secured to thedoor. The upper part bears on the upper edge of the sleeve 3. By turningthe nut 5 the sleeve 3 will be raised or lowered, and as a result theupper part, to-

gether with the door, will likewise be raised or lowered. The doors,accordingly, can always be kept in such condition that they will notwear on the door-frame, whether at top or at the bottom. It is evidentthat when a hinge of this description is employed the la-' bor involvedin fitting the door on its hinges will be both simpler and moreinexpensive than heretofore.

I claim- In an adjustable door-hinge, the combination of a hinge-spindle1 made in one piece with the fastening-plate 2 belonging to the bottompart of the hinge and provided with a threaded extension beneath saidfastening plate 2 on which extension is a nut 5, and a sleeve which mayhe slid up and down on the hinge-spindle and is provided with alongitudinalaperture or slot 4 for the fastening-plate of the aforesaidbottom part, said sleeve, moreover, resting on the nut 5 and supportingthe upper part of the hinge, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony 'that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have'signedmy name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

A. OHRISTERSSON.

WVitnesses:

O. O. SAHLBERG, SIGNE WETTE

